Gem
Ring
29-128-1029
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 29-128-1029 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Roman |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Period | Imperial Roman Period |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Onyx | Agate | Gold |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Iconography | Roman Emperor | Trebonianus Gallus |
| Description | Sommerville: Agate-Onyx. Trebonianus Gallus, forty-first Emperor of Rome. Bought from the family Cappellari della Columba de Venezia, near relations of Pope Gregory XVI, to whom this ring formerly belonged, and who gave it to one of the Cappellari della Columba family. Rare and beautiful stone. Gold and Silver Rings - Cameos, Case MMM. Vermeule: Agate-Onyx. Cameo. (Modern Gold ring setting) Laureate cuirassed bust identified as Roman Emperor Trebonianus Gallus, 41st. Emperor of Rome (A.D. 251-253). Purchased from relatives of Pope Gregory XVI (1831-46) who once owned this ring. Roman Imperial. |
| Height | 3.2 cm |
| Width | 2.4 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 1029 - Sommerville Gem Number |
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